[Should I] Sell my ASUS 23 VG236HE and get ASUS VG278HE?

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[Should I] Sell my ASUS 23 VG236HE and get ASUS VG278HE?

Post by MaFIa » 22 Jan 2014, 01:34

Hello

I have an ASUS 23 VG236HE as I think of selling it
and then buy a asus vg278he it is a bad idea. Because the 278He has Lightboost
I play FPS games like BF3 BF4

My system is
Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 ... CPU: i5 2500K Oc two 4.4 GhZ .... RAM: 4x4GB G.Skill RipjawsX DDR3-1600 .... GFX: ASUS GTX780 3GB ..... 1 Samsung 250GB SSD 840EVO System .... 1 OCZ vertex 4 256gb SSD. for games ..... ASUS 23 VG236HE 3D Ready Monitor 120Hz ... Logitech G700 mouse

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[Should I] Sell my ASUS 23 VG236HE and get ASUS VG278HE?

Post by Chief Blur Buster » 22 Jan 2014, 02:38

Upgrading to a newer, strobe-backlight capable monitor (LightBoost, Turbo240, ULMB, etc) is a good idea with the GTX 780. There are several models with LightBoost, listed within List of 120Hz Monitors, including the VG278HE.

You may also additionally want to consider GSYNC monitor options, as they also include ULMB, which is like an improved LightBoost.
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[Should I] Sell my ASUS 23 VG236HE and get ASUS VG278HE?

Post by MaFIa » 22 Jan 2014, 02:51

I I also thought about a GSYNC but it is too expensive in Dk, and is only available as 24 inches and is almost twice as expensive than the 27 inch. I would like to have a 27 inch but it is not available with GSYNC

But, if I upgrade. becomes BF4 improves because. it is a 120 hz I have now and run 120 fps in BF4

maybe there will come a G-SYNC Upgrade kit for VG278HE ??

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[Should I] Sell my ASUS 23 VG236HE and get ASUS VG278HE?

Post by Chief Blur Buster » 22 Jan 2014, 03:15

MaFIa wrote:I I also thought about a GSYNC but it is too expensive in Dk, and is only available as 24 inches and is almost twice as expensive than the 27 inch. I would like to have a 27 inch but it is not available with GSYNC
27 inch GSYNC monitors are coming later this year.

Just so you know, I have observed that BF4 has lots of difficulties running at 100+fps on a GTX Titan, so that specific game is an excellent GSYNC candidate.
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Re: [Should I] Sell my ASUS 23 VG236HE and get ASUS VG278HE?

Post by MaFIa » 22 Jan 2014, 07:03

If the 27 inch GSYNC monitors come later this year in denmark, then I would think it's going to cost around $1,500

The Asus 24" LED VG248QE Nvidia G-Sync cost in Denmark $906 so that it is very expensive

Thats why i go after asus vg278he its cost only $500 and then i will get 27 inch, and more fluid gaming experience right??

Do you know if there will be a GSYNC upgrade kit for ASUS VG278HE?

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Re: [Should I] Sell my ASUS 23 VG236HE and get ASUS VG278HE?

Post by Chief Blur Buster » 22 Jan 2014, 15:46

MaFIa wrote:Do you know if there will be a GSYNC upgrade kit for ASUS VG278HE?
Personally, I do not think that GSYNC upgrades will arrive on the VG278HE.

Due to the Euro pricing situation, you might just want to get the VG278HE (I see it is just 379 Euro Amazon Gemany page with VG278HE). I do think probably GSYNC is less than 200-Euro premium within two years. Or could be a hell lot sooner, like later this year. It may take time, it's only a huge premium right now at launch. But the price-drop wait could become long. You could always sell your VG278HE and switch to GSYNC.

It's the old computer progress dilemma, "do I buy now or wait?".
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Re: [Should I] Sell my ASUS 23 VG236HE and get ASUS VG278HE?

Post by MaFIa » 23 Jan 2014, 02:56

Chief Blur Buster wrote:
It's the old computer progress dilemma, "do I buy now or wait?".
Yep it is always a dilemma, but it is too expensive if you want to have the latest


I have chosen to buy the ASUS VG278HE and will receive it tomorrow.
Because I want to go up to a 27 inch and it has Lightboost newer panel, etc.
It costs only 375 euros and I can get a good price for my old monitor which has just been 2 years old
So in 2 years I can get a new GFX card and then go for ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q G-SYNC, then it will probably be down to a reasonable Price

Around BF4 and fps drop, I think there just needs a little more updates to the game with also new updated driver for gfx, then I think we will avoid the worst fps drop

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Re: [Should I] Sell my ASUS 23 VG236HE and get ASUS VG278HE?

Post by shadman » 24 Jan 2014, 01:23

Don't count on it being too much cheaper, maybe $75 or so. Really depends though, but that's my guess.

But do remember that upgrading your monitor to a G-Sync model will be seen as a much better visual improvement than if you were to purchase a new graphics card.

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